Slide Buttons (DVD,Video etc)

[Kordo]

I'm trying to put this feature in my new skin but seem to have some issues.

Does anyone know if you are able to make the slide buttons used in the base skin go to the left? Any would be great direction?

Does this option have to be at the edge of the skin? I'm trying to overlay it on the image.

What is the breakdown of the codes:


[AddSkinArea]
BgImage=extbg
;TransColor=f400fd
NumSection=5
AttachAt=396,6 is this X, Y
DefRect=78,0,117,103 X, Y, H W what is DefRect?
DefSection=0

Btn1=exvideo,79,0,0,1;VIDEO
Btn2=exdvd,79,22,0,2;DVD
Btn3=exaudio,79,43,0,3;AUDIO
Btn4=exradio,79,64,0,4;RADIO
Btn5=extv,79,84,0,5;TV

[AddSkinArea.1]
Number=8
Rect=0,0,117,103
Btn1=exvbtn1,11,8,0,112;Subs
Btn2=exvbtn2,10,35,0,10;$lang.Menu.32
Btn3=exvbtn3,10,57,0,33;$lang.Menu.39
Btn4=exvbtn4,10,80,0,66;$lang.Menu.33
Btn5=exvbtn5,51,8,0,98;
Btn6=exvbtn6,49,37,0,98;Font, subs
Btn7=exvbtn7,47,58,0,98;$lang.Menu.31
Btn8=exvbtn8,51,80,0,103;Repeat mode


If anyone can break this down it would be appreciated.

I've attached an image of the sliding buttons I'm trying to make.

Regards, Kordo.

[Tizio]

Originally Posted by Kordo

[AddSkinArea]
BgImage=extbg
;TransColor=f400fd
NumSection=5
AttachAt=396,6                      is this X, Y
DefRect=78,0,117,103            X, Y, H W what is DefRect?
DefSection=0

Btn1=exvideo,79,0,0,1;VIDEO
Btn2=exdvd,79,22,0,2;DVD
Btn3=exaudio,79,43,0,3;AUDIO
Btn4=exradio,79,64,0,4;RADIO
Btn5=extv,79,84,0,5;TV

DefRect stores the information for the default portion of BgImage to be shown for the Skin areas.
If you open BgImage (= extbg.bmp) you'll see that the rectangle 78,0,117,103 is the one you see every time you start BSplayer (the one with VIDEO, DVD, AUDIO, RADIO and TV buttons only), and its format is not X,Y,W,H but instead it's X,Y,FinalX,FinalY

AttachAt tells BSplayer where to attach the skin areas to the main image. If you open main.bmp image, you'll see that x=396;y=6 is the location where the area skins are attached to.
I tried with negative coordinates, but without success, so I think it's not possible (at this time) to open that panel to the left..
You can add ButtonGroups that can be opened to the left (even if you have less possibilities than skin areas):

[Buttons]
...

BtnGrpNum=2

[BtnGrp1]
...
Direction=Up
...

[BtnGrp2]
...
Direction=Left
...

Maybe take a look also to the Fullscreen ButtonGroups since in Full screen There isn't a BtnGrpNum line, and buttongoups are enumerated in a different way (i.e.: [BtnGrp1001]), they work like this:
You have to define a button with a not existing action, and that action will be the ButtonGroup ID

[Buttons]
...
Btn6=fsb1,350,11,0,1000;subtitles
...

Once you click on the subtitles button, the [BtnGrp1000] will be enabled.
I hope these information will be of help to you and also other users

[Kordo]

Thanks Tizio,

I try changing the figures on the base skin and know see what you mean. I don’t see why you would need the Final X and Final Y figure. It just seems to cut the image off if it’s less that the image size. I also tried a AttachAt=-79,6 to see if it would show on the left hand side and sure enough it did not. This is a same as it really limited your design of the skin. I could re-design what I’ve done so hard but I think I just leave this option out at the moment. I have planned to use the features of the full screen, hope they work the why I thinks they will work.

Thanks for your help. Also I tried to log in to see if I could upload a skin but cannot get it (not that I’m ready to post my skin). Try and register and the screen just goes blank. Are you able to log in?

Cheers, Kordo.

[Tizio]

The FinalX and FinalY values could be useful if you want to hide also a portion at the right/bottom of the default image..

Try to use the ButtonGroups, they should work for you.

I'm able to log-in (and my login data is shown in the top-right corner of the homepage), but when I try to upload a skin (only a test) I am redirected to the homepage.. I'll write to the admins reporting this issue..